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Chris -- 2018-04-11
I wouldn’t describe ‘eligible’ as an arcane or obsolescent word, but perhaps it has one syllable too many. For whatever reason, this substitution is fairly common, if dubious as an eggcorn:
Legible bachelor and social gadabout Leg Delabor has seen ‘Juwanna Mann’ 2 times since it opened June 21st.
www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Thorax_Corporation
Percy Crookshank was voted time magazines most legible bachelor of the year (2007), and, 3rd time winner of Women’s Weeklies ‘finest eye candy’ of the year …
www.entertainoz.com.au/index.cfm?oid=35156
he’s the sexiest man alive aside from being the most legible bachelor in hollywood.
www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1125843.aspx – 86k
For issuance of ID card, Medicare Card must be presented on or after the effective date of Medicare legibility.
www.sheppard.af.mil/shared/media/docume … 13-088.doc
Financial Aid won’t pay for online courses- Not true, if you are legible for financial aid, and you are enrolled in a legitimate school …
www.associatedcontent.com/article/38093 … urses.html
Tutorial fellows of the University of Nairobi are also legible to enroll into the post graduate program.
www.uonbi.ac.ke/departments/dept_page.p … ac_code=61
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I wonder if the Cupertino effect is at play here. Does a spellchecker correct “elgible” as “eligible” or “legible”?
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My spellchecker gives “legible” as a possible substitution for “elgible,” but it’s only the second choice; “eligible” is first. On the other hand, if you leave off the initial “e-” and write “ligible,” you do indeed get “legible” as the first suggestion. I don’t know how likely that scenario is.
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I wonder if there isn’t some influence from legitimate blended in here.
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
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